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Mimella nucleoidea

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Taxonomy
Mimella nucleoidea was named by Cooper (1956) [= Hebertella vulgaris Raymond 1911 p. 242, text figs. 15, 17, 18, pi. 36, figs. 2, 4, 5?]. Its type specimen is USNM 110786, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. laticardinia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Mimella nucleoidea Cooper pp. 480 - 481 figs. Plate 87, B, figures 6-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlectorthidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusMimellaCooper 1930
speciesnucleoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mimella nucleoidea Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available